I was right about Shield Master

Ristamar · Oct 16, 2018

Blue said:
So what's the new ruling on timing? I don't follow twitter.

Clarification about bonus actions: if a feature says you can do X as a bonus action if you do Y, you must do Y before you can do X. For Shield Master, that means the bonus action must come after the Attack action. You decide when it happens afterward that turn.

https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/994993596989300736

FYI, you have to complete the Attack action before you can use the Shield Master bonus action. You can't use it between attacks.

Blue · Oct 16, 2018

Ristamar said:
Clarification about bonus actions: if a feature says you can do X as a bonus action if you do Y, you must do Y before you can do X. For Shield Master, that means the bonus action must come after the Attack action. You decide when it happens afterward that turn.

https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/994993596989300736

FYI, you have to complete the Attack action before you can use the Shield Master bonus action. You can't use it between attacks.

Thanks. I had heard about that months ago, I thought there was a newer change from the tone of the OP.

Yunru · Oct 16, 2018

Blue said:
Thanks. I had heard about that months ago, I thought there was a newer change from the tone of the OP.

Same, especially given the OP's statement about the Attack action having to be complete (which the tweet does not state).

Guest 6801328 · Oct 16, 2018

Wait...what is this conversation about?

1. Community splits over the interpretation of shield master and argues for months
2. JC tweets saying that interpretation A is what he intended
3. Many months (over a year?) pass
4. JC tweets again, essentially reaffirming his earlier tweet
5. Somebody from step 1 crows about having been one of the 3.73 million people who "won".

It's funny how, long after these debates have faded away, it's impossible to remember who stood on which side of the debate. I swear that in 5 years, after people stop clamoring for Warlords, I won't remember who was in favor of them and who was opposed. Except [MENTION=8900]Tony[/MENTION]Vargas, maybe. It's hard to forget that.

Yunru · Oct 16, 2018

Elfcrusher said:
after people stop clamoring for Warlords

That never happened, they just lost their voices

TwoSix · Oct 16, 2018

Yunru said:
That never happened, they just lost their voices

It's difficult not to lose your voice when there are so many arms to shout back on.

TwoSix · Oct 16, 2018

Elfcrusher said:
It's funny how, long after these debates have faded away, it's impossible to remember who stood on which side of the debate. I swear that in 5 years, after people stop clamoring for Warlords, I won't remember who was in favor of them and who was opposed. Except [MENTION=8900]Tony[/MENTION]Vargas, maybe. It's hard to forget that.

I'll always remember you were a comrade-in-arms in standing up for poor Eloelle and her misunderstood genius.

FrogReaver · Oct 16, 2018

Elfcrusher said:
Wait...what is this conversation about?

1. Community splits over the interpretation of shield master and argues for months
2. JC tweets saying that interpretation A is what he intended
3. Many months (over a year?) pass
4. JC tweets again, essentially reaffirming his earlier tweet
5. Somebody from step 1 crows about having been one of the 3.73 million people who "won".

It's funny how, long after these debates have faded away, it's impossible to remember who stood on which side of the debate. I swear that in 5 years, after people stop clamoring for Warlords, I won't remember who was in favor of them and who was opposed. Except [MENTION=8900]Tony[/MENTION]Vargas, maybe. It's hard to forget that.

I believe they know who they are

FrogReaver · Oct 16, 2018

Yunru said:
Same, especially given the OP's statement about the Attack action having to be complete (which the tweet does not state).

That is precisely what that tweet says. You must use the attack action before you can use the bonus action shield master provides. Doesn’t get much more clear than this

Satyrn · Oct 16, 2018

TwoSix said:
It's difficult not to lose your voice when there are so many arms to shout back on.

No problem. I'll just shout your voice back to normal.

I was right about Shield Master

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